Fragment: Textile Item Number: 3263/28 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Fragment of a mantle or shroud. Rectangular in shape with grid pattern across entire surface. Grid squares have alternating vertical and horizontal stripe patterns. Stripes done in white-brown and dark brown. Textile stitched to cream coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Specific Techniques

Done in a warp-faced plain weave.

Narrative

Collected in Peru before the 1970s by Ina VanStan, a Professor of Textiles and Clothing at the Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) from the 1940s to c. 1966. VanStan later gifted her collection to the donor. A large amount of the donation was used for teaching at the University of Alberta while others were mainly small study fragments.